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Because living longer is a huge drain on resources that could be better spent on other things. End of life care is expensive and rarely results in a "good" life
by CyLith 27d ago
Because living longer is a huge drain on resources that could be better spent on other things. End of life care is expensive and rarely results in a "good" life for the the life being extended.
- CaptWorld 27d agoSo I think curing means basically opt in death or something like that. Right now extended life is bad because the person isn't in his prime but curing aging is basically gonna keep him in his prime. This might be what they meant.
- MattPalmer1086 27d agoThe way we will actually all live substantially longer is by health extension, not by extending life while suffering from decrepitude.
- nutjob2 26d ago> End of life care is expensive Only in places like the US, which is out of its mind in this regard. In most other western countries, they just let (old) people with terminal conditions die. > living longer is a huge drain on resources that could be better spent on other things That's not right. Any living is a drain on resources and draining resources is the issue not the living. More broadly we need to use less resources or manage them better and there are much better ways in doing that than reducing life.